Take It

Take the walls I painted

The ones I've spent countless times

Scrubbing crayon marks off of

The ones I've rearranged

More times than I can count

-New pictures of a family lost

-Dusty drawings from the kids

The kids I raised inside these walls

Take the rocking chair

The one I used to breastfeed

Our son

The one him and I

Would play peek-a-boo behind

Take the gardens

Where I placed gramma's

Most loved ceramics

Take that horse

- (Donkey)

I use to sit on when I was little

The one I've smiled at

Every time I'd catch one of our kids on

Take the kitchen table

Soaked in tears and frustration

Induced by 4th grade math

And my lack of math skills

Take my home

Take my dogs

Take that cat that's cuddled me

More times than your arms ever have

Take the bed

The place where sweet nothings

Live, breed, and fester

Where two pillows lie

-One drenched in tears

-The other rests your head

Take my hopes

Take my dreams

Take it all

But in the meantime-

I'll be the one

Who's keeping me